Martin Scorsese Appreciation Thread

[Syaoran Li]

Thread's title is self-explanatory. This thread is all for sperging about how much you love the films of Martin Scorsese.

 

[R00T]

Taxi driver sucks and is overrated.

 

[Syaoran Li]

Taxi driver sucks and is overrated.

I always thought Goodfellas and Casino were his best films. Gangs of New York and Wolf of Wall Street were also really amazing IMHO.

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

TLTOC is pretty great and King Dafoe looks so handsome in it. Plus it got the religious people clutching their pearls.

I didn't care for The Departed because I found Infernal Affairs better.

I do love his wife Thelma's film restorations of The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, etc for Criterion. It is so much better than Disney any day.

 

[Oats12345]

I absolutely love Casino. Truly one of his best works

 

[Dom Cruise]

HE MAKES THE BEST FUCKING FILMS, HE MAKES THE BEST FUCKING FILMS

IF EVER MEET HIM I'M GONNA GRAB HIS FUCKIN' NECK AND JUST SHAKE HIM
AND SAY THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR MAKING SUCH EXCELLENT FUCKIN' MOVIES

 

[millais]

Good on him for rightfully shitting on capeshit.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

I’ve said this before, but “Mean Streets” is probably the best example of how to make a great film that represents Italian culture right. There’s a huge difference between representation to tell a legitimate story regarding culture and representation for the sake of trying to tick boxes for diversity points.

 

[WULULULULU]

I like his films but King of Comedy is my favorite. Last Temptation of Christ and Goodfellas are close.

 

[Odd Opossum]

Good on him for rightfully shitting on capeshit.

I don't think he's ever insulted the MCU, he said he understood why people enjoyed them but the MCU's success has made it harder for studios to let directors like him make more artistic films instead of easy popcorn flicks. Though considering how mixed the reception was to The Irishman, maybe modern audiences aren't into him like older audiences were.

 

[BrunoMattei]

How did I miss this thread? One of the greatest living filmmakers even if he's a little on the hit and miss side once you get to the mid-80's period or the Leonardo Dicaprio movies -aside from Wolf of Wall Street which is brilliant.

 

[TheArtilleryman]

The walk out to the ring never fails to give me goosebumps.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

I really like the two Godfather films. One thing I thought of and I don't know if others took it the same as me is that the protagonist takes the line "Keep your friends close and enemies closer" to the logical conclusion and by the film's end he doesn't have any friends left, only potential enemies.

 

[Tony Vivaldi]

Casino is the Citizen Kane of modern films.

And yes, Citizen Kane is still the greatest film ever made.

*The King of Comedy is also a great film, but only for people who have the wit to understand it.

 

[Flatline]

How is Casino better than Goodfellas, arguably Scorsese's best film?

 

[AnOminous]

I'm going to go with Goodfellas, but most of them are great. The scene in Raging Bull where Joey fucks up Salvy's shit was brutal, something Pesci has always excelled at, going from genial to psycho in zero flat.

 

[Xenomorphs Are Cute]

How the hell do you make a Martin Scorsese Appreciation Thread, & not put the peak of not just his career, but his life here?

 

[Pinochet Was Right]

This is cinema

 

[Spitz]

"An equal amount of blueberries in each muffin."

 

[naaaaiiiiillllll!!!]

I have to agree with our lovely resident cinema snob expert @BrunoMattei that "Casino" is his best film (too many reasons to write out in detail here), but I want to give a shoutout to "The Last Temptation of Christ". It is a fever dream of a movie I keep coming back to year after year. Wikipedia calling it an "expressionist film" really hits the nail on the head (or nail through the palm har har). The downright bizarre soundtrack by Peter Gabriel adds to the whole thing.

I remember in college posting this video to friends after final exams (STEM field, so low-key dying was an all-too-common feeling after those final exam struggle sessions). As I've gotten older I'm finding more and more in this art piece than just a funny relatable college final post (linked at the specific time, but just in case it didn't, it starts at 5:23):